Rupjyoti Kurmi

Rupjyoti Kurmi (born 24 July 1977) is an Indian politician from Assam. He is a five time member of the Assam Legislative Assembly from Mariani Assembly constituency in Jorhat district.

He is the son of Cheniram Kurmi and his mother, Rupam Kurmi, was a former cabinet minister.

In June 2021, he was expelled from Indian National Congress due to disagreement of promotion of the youngster in the party and for his anti-party activities. Later, he joined Bharatiya Janata Party in the presence of Chief Minister of Assam Himanta Biswa Sarma. He resigned as MLA from Congress Party necessitating the 2021 by-election which he won on BJP ticket. Later, he retained the seat for BJP in the 2026 Assembly election.

In April 2023, he sparked a controversy, asking to demolish Taj Mahal and Qutub Minar to build Hindu temples on their sites.